Use the sites discussed in class to (1) assemble information about your school and (2) write one or more paragraphs for each type of information that you find.You should be able to combine these paragraphs, along with an introduction and conclusion to create a free standing, coherent, evidence-based description of your school.
Be sure that each of your paragraphs includes:
A strong topic sentence.
An explanation of why the data you chose to cite relates to the subject you are addressing, e.g. you should state why you feel that the student/teacher ratio informs your judgement about the school's ability to provide high quality teaching. These sentences should be based on the definitions of some of these measures on the InfoWorks site, but can also include your own reasoning about the subject.
Multiple pieces of specific data to support your claim. Each measure should include a comparison so tat the reader can judge whether the value is relatively high or low.
Include the students' view of the school when possible.
Note: Tables are not provided because it is possible to just copy and paste the tables from the Infoworks site directly in this page!
KIPP Ascend Charter School is located in SD 229 in the city of Chicago and is split between two different schools, the Primary School which holds K-4 grades, and the Middle School which holds grades 5-8. It is located in the community of North Lawndale which is an impoverished area of Chicago which is why 91% of KIPP Ascend students are living below the poverty line. This school is fairly new, only starting in 2003 and only takes about 500 kids into the program every year. The student population is made of 93.5% African American students, 5.1% Hispanic students, and 0.5% White students.
Student Achievement
At KIPP Ascend Charter School although AYP is not being met, the school itself is still doing well as compared with the district. The school is only on what they call Academic Early Warning Status which means that they are not on the Federal Improvement Status radar technically but they are by choice. They opted to be listed as a school under Federal and State Improvement Status, but they have only been so for a year. When compared with the district which has been on Improvement status for the last eight years. The criteria that they do meet in order to make AYP is the test scores needed to be met on the ISAT, which is the Illinois Standard Achievement Test, and the attendance rates of the test. They do meet the Safe Harbor Target implemented by the NCLB Act.
Although the school may not be improving based on the AYP standards, they are still reaching many big goals with their students. There first class ever in 2003, now has over 90% of its students currently enrolled in college. Achievements like this can not be said of the public schools in the area which have a high drop out rate and low graduation rate. This is why programs like KIPP are essential to area such as North Lawndale.
AYP Report Card
Number of Target Areas Evaluated: Reading and Math
Number of Targets Met: 0/2
Areas that need improvement: Reading and Math
Teaching
The KIPP Ascend Charter School is fairly small with a total of 32 teachers who are not unionized They teach classes with a large amounts of students, sometimes as many as 26 in one class, which is larger than that of the district with an average student to teacher ratio of 1/23.
Safe and Supportive Schools
To ensure that the students feel safe and supported, the school provides cell phones to each of the students so that they are able to contact there teachers with questions and problems concerning there homework or other issues.
Funding and Resources
About 94% of students in the KIPP Ascend program are eligible for free or reduced price lunch in 2012.[1]Because this particular charter school is a part of the KIPP program, there funds come from the KIPP foundation and not the school district 229 like some of the other charter schools in the area.
^ National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. “NAPCS Dashboard - Find a Charter School - KIPP Ascend Elementary Charter School - 2009-2010.” National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Web. 29 Oct. 2012.
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KIPP Ascend Charter School
Sara Mazur
Use the sites discussed in class to (1) assemble information about your school and (2) write one or more paragraphs for each type of information that you find.You should be able to combine these paragraphs, along with an introduction and conclusion to create a free standing, coherent, evidence-based description of your school.
Be sure that each of your paragraphs includes:
Note: Tables are not provided because it is possible to just copy and paste the tables from the Infoworks site directly in this page!
Useful Sources:
School Demographics and Geographical Location
KIPP Ascend Charter School is located in SD 229 in the city of Chicago and is split between two different schools, the Primary School which holds K-4 grades, and the Middle School which holds grades 5-8. It is located in the community of North Lawndale which is an impoverished area of Chicago which is why 91% of KIPP Ascend students are living below the poverty line. This school is fairly new, only starting in 2003 and only takes about 500 kids into the program every year. The student population is made of 93.5% African American students, 5.1% Hispanic students, and 0.5% White students.Student Achievement
At KIPP Ascend Charter School although AYP is not being met, the school itself is still doing well as compared with the district. The school is only on what they call Academic Early Warning Status which means that they are not on the Federal Improvement Status radar technically but they are by choice. They opted to be listed as a school under Federal and State Improvement Status, but they have only been so for a year. When compared with the district which has been on Improvement status for the last eight years. The criteria that they do meet in order to make AYP is the test scores needed to be met on the ISAT, which is the Illinois Standard Achievement Test, and the attendance rates of the test. They do meet the Safe Harbor Target implemented by the NCLB Act.Although the school may not be improving based on the AYP standards, they are still reaching many big goals with their students. There first class ever in 2003, now has over 90% of its students currently enrolled in college. Achievements like this can not be said of the public schools in the area which have a high drop out rate and low graduation rate. This is why programs like KIPP are essential to area such as North Lawndale.
AYP Report Card
Teaching
The KIPP Ascend Charter School is fairly small with a total of 32 teachers who are not unionized They teach classes with a large amounts of students, sometimes as many as 26 in one class, which is larger than that of the district with an average student to teacher ratio of 1/23.Safe and Supportive Schools
To ensure that the students feel safe and supported, the school provides cell phones to each of the students so that they are able to contact there teachers with questions and problems concerning there homework or other issues.Funding and Resources
About 94% of students in the KIPP Ascend program are eligible for free or reduced price lunch in 2012.[1]Because this particular charter school is a part of the KIPP program, there funds come from the KIPP foundation and not the school district 229 like some of the other charter schools in the area..